Dr Crom
@doccrom.bsky.social
Classicist, archaeologist, sci-fi and horror nerd and, most importantly, ginger. Oh, and... "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". #EdgyPedlar #AncientStuff
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Dr Crom
@doccrom.bsky.social
· Oct 17
AncientBluesky 🏺- A favourite! The eponymous piece from the Tomb of the Blue Vase, Pompeii (HGE08). A stunning cameo glass amphora, with grape-harvesting Cupids: ca. 1st Century AD. #Pompeii #Archaeology
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (13521). Link - mann-napoli.it/gli-oggetti-...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (13521). Link - mann-napoli.it/gli-oggetti-...
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#OnThisDay - 27 November - in AD 450 Galla Placidia died. As half-sister of Honorius, as well as mother and regent of Valentinian III, she was a key figure of the early 5th Century. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in AD 450 Galla Placidia died. As half-sister of Honorius, as well as mother and regent of Valentinian III, she was a key figure of the early 5th Century. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
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#OnThisDay - 27 November - in 43 BC the Lex Titia established the Triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavian Caesar, and Marcus Lepidus. The three men enjoyed a set of powers unprecedented under the Republic. #History 🏺
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in 43 BC the Lex Titia established the Triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavian Caesar, and Marcus Lepidus. The three men enjoyed a set of powers unprecedented under the Republic. #History 🏺
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
Reposted by Dr Crom
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in ca. AD 111 Antinous, the lover of the Emperor Hadrian, was born. Hadrian deified the young man after his death in AD 130. Thus he is often depicted in this cult guise as Osiris-Antinous. 🏺
Image: Musei Vaticani (22795). Link - catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/De...
Image: Musei Vaticani (22795). Link - catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/De...
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in ca. AD 111 Antinous, the lover of the Emperor Hadrian, was born. Hadrian deified the young man after his death in AD 130. Thus he is often depicted in this cult guise as Osiris-Antinous. 🏺
Image: Musei Vaticani (22795). Link - catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/De...
Image: Musei Vaticani (22795). Link - catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/De...
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in AD 450 Galla Placidia died. As half-sister of Honorius, as well as mother and regent of Valentinian III, she was a key figure of the early 5th Century. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in AD 450 Galla Placidia died. As half-sister of Honorius, as well as mother and regent of Valentinian III, she was a key figure of the early 5th Century. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in 43 BC the Lex Titia established the Triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavian Caesar, and Marcus Lepidus. The three men enjoyed a set of powers unprecedented under the Republic. #History 🏺
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in 43 BC the Lex Titia established the Triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavian Caesar, and Marcus Lepidus. The three men enjoyed a set of powers unprecedented under the Republic. #History 🏺
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in 8 BC the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus died.
"absint inani funere neniae
luctusque turpes et querimoniae"
'Let there be no wailing, unseemly grief or lamentation at my hollow funeral' (Odes 2.20.21-22)
#Poetry #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: BM (1867,0713.376)
"absint inani funere neniae
luctusque turpes et querimoniae"
'Let there be no wailing, unseemly grief or lamentation at my hollow funeral' (Odes 2.20.21-22)
#Poetry #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: BM (1867,0713.376)
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in 8 BC the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus died.
"absint inani funere neniae
luctusque turpes et querimoniae"
'Let there be no wailing, unseemly grief or lamentation at my hollow funeral' (Odes 2.20.21-22)
#Poetry #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: BM (1867,0713.376)
"absint inani funere neniae
luctusque turpes et querimoniae"
'Let there be no wailing, unseemly grief or lamentation at my hollow funeral' (Odes 2.20.21-22)
#Poetry #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: BM (1867,0713.376)
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in ca. AD 111 Antinous, the lover of the Emperor Hadrian, was born. Hadrian deified the young man after his death in AD 130. Thus he is often depicted in this cult guise as Osiris-Antinous. 🏺
Image: Musei Vaticani (22795). Link - catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/De...
Image: Musei Vaticani (22795). Link - catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/De...
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in ca. AD 111 Antinous, the lover of the Emperor Hadrian, was born. Hadrian deified the young man after his death in AD 130. Thus he is often depicted in this cult guise as Osiris-Antinous. 🏺
Image: Musei Vaticani (22795). Link - catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/De...
Image: Musei Vaticani (22795). Link - catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/De...
#OnThisDay - 23 November - in 1963 'An Unearthly Child', the first episode of Doctor Who, was broadcast on BBC television, ushering in a new epoch of adventures in time and space that all began at 76 Totter's Lane. #DoctorWho
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#OnThisDay - 23 November - in 1963 'An Unearthly Child', the first episode of Doctor Who, was broadcast on BBC television, ushering in a new epoch of adventures in time and space that all began at 76 Totter's Lane. #DoctorWho
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ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
Reposted by Dr Crom
#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#LatinForTheDay – 21 November #Ovid
“cur mihi fama prior de te quam littera venit:
isse sacros Marti sub iuga panda boves,
seminibus iactis segetes adolesse virorum
inque necem dextra non eguisse tua,
pervigilem spolium pecudis servasse draconem,...
#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Reposted by Dr Crom
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Numerian died while travelling through Syria. It was believed that he had been killed by Aper, the Praetorian Prefect, whom Diocletian subsequently killed. #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Numerian died while travelling through Syria. It was believed that he had been killed by Aper, the Praetorian Prefect, whom Diocletian subsequently killed. #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Reposted by Dr Crom
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Diocletian was declared Roman emperor on the death of Numerian. The Historia Augusta (30.13) notes that the army made this decision with "heaven-sent unanimity". #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Diocletian was declared Roman emperor on the death of Numerian. The Historia Augusta (30.13) notes that the army made this decision with "heaven-sent unanimity". #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Numerian died while travelling through Syria. It was believed that he had been killed by Aper, the Praetorian Prefect, whom Diocletian subsequently killed. #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Numerian died while travelling through Syria. It was believed that he had been killed by Aper, the Praetorian Prefect, whom Diocletian subsequently killed. #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Carus 442; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 22995). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Diocletian was declared Roman emperor on the death of Numerian. The Historia Augusta (30.13) notes that the army made this decision with "heaven-sent unanimity". #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OnThisDay - 20 November - in AD 284 Diocletian was declared Roman emperor on the death of Numerian. The Historia Augusta (30.13) notes that the army made this decision with "heaven-sent unanimity". #History 🏺
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC V Diocletian 1; Münze (Aureus 284). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Reposted by Dr Crom
#ReliefWednesday - I'm feeling the love today, so here she is in person, with this beautiful polychrome representation of Aphrodite from Dura-Europos, Syria: ca. AD 200-256. #Love #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#ReliefWednesday - I'm feeling the love today, so here she is in person, with this beautiful polychrome representation of Aphrodite from Dura-Europos, Syria: ca. AD 200-256. #Love #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Reposted by Dr Crom
#ReliefWednesday - A fantastic panel showing soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in parade armour, from the triumphal Arch of Claudius in Rome: ca. AD 51-52. Much restored and embellished, but still rather fabulous! #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#ReliefWednesday - A fantastic panel showing soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in parade armour, from the triumphal Arch of Claudius in Rome: ca. AD 51-52. Much restored and embellished, but still rather fabulous! #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Reposted by Dr Crom
#OnThisDay - 19 November - in AD 461 Libius Severus was appointed Western Roman Emperor. His elevation was very much influenced by Ricimer, who used him as a public face of his own power. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#OnThisDay - 19 November - in AD 461 Libius Severus was appointed Western Roman Emperor. His elevation was very much influenced by Ricimer, who used him as a public face of his own power. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#ReliefWednesday - I'm feeling the love today, so here she is in person, with this beautiful polychrome representation of Aphrodite from Dura-Europos, Syria: ca. AD 200-256. #Love #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#ReliefWednesday - I'm feeling the love today, so here she is in person, with this beautiful polychrome representation of Aphrodite from Dura-Europos, Syria: ca. AD 200-256. #Love #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
Image: Yale University Art Gallery (1935.43). Link - artgallery.yale.edu/collections/...
#ReliefWednesday - A fantastic panel showing soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in parade armour, from the triumphal Arch of Claudius in Rome: ca. AD 51-52. Much restored and embellished, but still rather fabulous! #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#ReliefWednesday - A fantastic panel showing soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in parade armour, from the triumphal Arch of Claudius in Rome: ca. AD 51-52. Much restored and embellished, but still rather fabulous! #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1079). 📸 My Own
#OnThisDay - 19 November - in AD 461 Libius Severus was appointed Western Roman Emperor. His elevation was very much influenced by Ricimer, who used him as a public face of his own power. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#OnThisDay - 19 November - in AD 461 Libius Severus was appointed Western Roman Emperor. His elevation was very much influenced by Ricimer, who used him as a public face of his own power. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Libius Severus 2702; British Museum (B.11208). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Reposted by Dr Crom
#OnThisDay - 17 November - Tjaiemhotep was born in Year 9 of Ptolemy XII Auletes' reign, i.e. in 73 BC. A record of her life is left on her funerary stela, including a plea to seize the day while you may. #Archaeology #Egypt 🏺
Image: British Museum (EA147). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: British Museum (EA147). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#OnThisDay - 17 November - Tjaiemhotep was born in Year 9 of Ptolemy XII Auletes' reign, i.e. in 73 BC. A record of her life is left on her funerary stela, including a plea to seize the day while you may. #Archaeology #Egypt 🏺
Image: British Museum (EA147). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: British Museum (EA147). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Reposted by Dr Crom
#OnThisDay - 17 November - in AD 9 Titus Flavius Vespasianus (my fave!) was born. As 'last man standing' at the end of the Long Year that was AD 69, he inaugurated the Flavian Dynasty. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: Obverse of RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: Obverse of RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#OnThisDay - 17 November - in AD 9 Titus Flavius Vespasianus (my fave!) was born. As 'last man standing' at the end of the Long Year that was AD 69, he inaugurated the Flavian Dynasty. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: Obverse of RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: Obverse of RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Reposted by Dr Crom
"I've never sold a single item & I've found thousands of coins."
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Surrey Metal Detecting Club sees membership leap in six years
Founded with 60 members in 2019, the Surrey club now has more than 3,000 members across the county.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"I've never sold a single item & I've found thousands of coins."
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...